2889_0138 Mickey Rooney in "Leave ’em Laughing" 1981 © 1981 Gunther

3089_0006 Alice White circa 1930s Photo by Elmer Fryer

24287_0036 Rhonda Fleming, Peter Lorre and Victor Mature in "The Big Circus" 1959 Allied Artists ** I.V.

24287_0032 Peter Lorre in "The Big Circus" 1959 Allied Artists ** I.V.

24287_0031 Peter Lorre in "The Big Circus" 1959 Allied Artists ** I.V.

2386_0055 Mitzi Gaynor circa 1967 ** I.V. / M.T.

21400_0001 "Children of Paradise" Jean Louis Barrault Tricolore Films 1946 **I.V.

18397_0002 "Arthritis Telethon Foundation" 1966 Phyllis Diller © 1978 Chester Maydole

17461_0004 "The Julie Andrews Hour" Julie Andrews 1972 **H.L.

17207_0003 "He Who Gets Slapped" Lon Chaney 1924 MGM **I.V.

17146_0002 "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" Lon Chaney 1928 MGM Photo By Ruth Harriet Louise / **I.V.

17225_0002 "The Adventures of Mark & Brian" Brian Phelps, Mark Thompson 1991 © 1991 Mario Casilli

17207_0002 "He Who Gets Slapped" Lon Chaney 1924 MGM **I.V.

17146_0003 "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" Lon Chaney 1928 MGM Photo By Ruth Harriet Louise / **I.V.

17207_0005 "He Who Gets Slapped" Norma Shearer, Lon Chaney 1924 MGM **I.V.

17207_0004 "He Who Gets Slapped" Lon Chaney, John Gilbert 1924 MGM **I.V.

17146_0004 "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" Lon Chaney 1928 MGM Photo By Ruth Harriet Louise / **I.V.

16558_0001 Marcel Marceau in Paris, 1952 Photo by Ernest E. Reshovsky © 1978 Marc Reshovsky

14645_0003 "Leave 'em Laughing" Mickey Rooney 1981 © 1981 Gene Trindl

1480_0001 "The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special," Howard Morris, Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, and Imogene Coca. 1967/ CBS

1273_0089 "Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, The" Chastity Bono, Cher, Sonny Bono c.1973 CBS **H.L.

10309_0002 "Howdy Doody Show" Buffalo Bob (Bob Smith), Howdy Doody, Clarabell the Clown (Alfie Scopp), the Peanut Gallery circa 1955

10309_0001 "Howdy Doody Show" Buffalo Bob (Bob Smith), Howdy Doody, Clarabell the Clown (Alfie Scopp) circa 1955

23838_0036 "Batman: The Movie" (British poster with art by Tom William Chantrell) 1966 ** T.N.C.

14544_0051 "Donny and Marie" Lucille Ball, Marie Osmond, Ray Bolger 1977 ** H.L.